That's all we have from the season opener. A one-sided game to begin with. Hope the trend changes quickly. We'll be back tomorrow for Guyana Amazon Warriors vs St Kitts and Nevis Patriots. The Lord's Test will start in six hours from now. Don't forget to tune in for that. Until next time, it's goodbye.

DJ Bravo: When you retain 90 percent of the squad it makes my job very easy. Want to credit the entire team and management. The guys have delivered today and I'm very happy. He (Fawad) is a key player for us. Shadab played a key role for us last year and Fawad is not a bad player to have as replacement. Young Ali Khan the way he started was brilliant. Not allowing them to get to the good start was very crucial for us. We have got the best fans in the world and they are our 12th man and I hope they will come out and support us like the way they did today. We will try our best to win as many games as possible.

Pollard: I don't think we ticked any boxes. Couple of bowlers bowled well, that's all the positives we take from this game. In hindsight, I could have bowled the over. But, it could have gone either way. It is just the first game. We'll try to bounce back. I think 175 would have been a good total for us to chase. It (drop catches) didn't help and set the tone. It's cricket and we'll try to learn from it. It's a long tournament. They played well and they deserved to win.

Munro, Man of the Match: Little bit (when asked if he was under pressure). I was trying a little bit too hard. We are given the licence to play; sometimes it pays off, sometimes it doesn't. The way Ramdin played in the end so calmly, it always helps. Every time, I have adapted quite well. It's about learning. It's always not about hitting boundaries. We are the defending champions, the way we played it was outstanding.

The Knight Riders picked three wickets inside the powerplay. Post that, it was the show of the spinners - Fawad Ahmed and Sunil Narine. The former picked two wickets in his opening over and that completely destabilized the Stars' innings. The spin twins finished with combined figures - 8-0-29-4. Pollard's men couldn't recover from there and succumbed to a 100-run loss.

23:36 Local Time, 03:36 GMT, 09:06 IST: The defending champions kick off their campaign with a thumping win. St Lucia Stars, on the other hand, are winless for 12 matches. Contrasting! Fifties from Munro and Ramdin powered TKR to an imposing total. In reply, the Stars got off to a quick start (32 off two overs), courtesy - Gabriel's opening over where he leaked 26 runs. But, that was all about the fight from St Lucia in the chase. An impressive Ali Khan removed Andre Fletcher with a slower delivery and that was the beginning of the horror show for the hosts.

17.3

Gabriel to Sami, out Caught by Ramdin!! The keeper goes up, the bowler goes up late and after giving it a thought, the umpire raises the dreaded finger. Was a length ball slanted down leg, Sami went for the flick and got a faint inside edge, which brushed the thigh pad and went to the left of the keeper. Ramdin takes a diving catch. Trinbago Knight Riders win by 100 runs. Sami c Ramdin b Gabriel 6(9)

Gabriel to Sami, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

17.2

Gabriel to Kesrick Williams, 1 run, with both feet off the ground, Williams steers this short ball to third man

17.1

Gabriel to Sami, 1 run, tapped in front of cover for a quick single

Shannon Gabriel [3.0-0-32-0] is back into the attack

16.6

Dwayne Bravo to Sami, 1 run, off-paced delivery wide of off, Sami goes hard at it and slices it off the outside edge. Past a leaping B-Mac at backward point

Dwayne Bravo to McClenaghan, out Bowled!! The zing bails light up. The slower ball which McClenaghan pick up, but he gets bamboozled by the dip on it. He went down on a knee to swat it away. Missed and the ball hits the base of the stumps. Nine down! McClenaghan b Dwayne Bravo 6(9) [4s-1]

Dwayne Bravo to McClenaghan, THAT'S OUT!! Bowled!!

16.3

Dwayne Bravo to McClenaghan, no run, quick bumper on leg-stump, McClenaghan ducks under it

16.2

Dwayne Bravo to McClenaghan, no run, pacy length ball outside off, McClenaghan tries to steer it to third man, misses

16.1

Dwayne Bravo to Sami, 1 run, gets inside the line and helps this shortish ball on leg-stump line to fine leg

15.6

Narine to McClenaghan, no run, fired on the pads, McClenaghan is late on his glance. Narine's figures - 4-0-18-1

15.5

Narine to Sami, 1 run, now, Sami unleashes the slog sweep. Mistimed. Went up in the air and falls in the no-man's land at deep mid-wicket

15.4

Narine to Sami, no run, sticks his bat out to block off the toe end

The umpires have a look at the ball. I think, they aren't happy with the condition of the it. A slight interruption in play..

15.3

Narine to McClenaghan, 1 run, hoikced to deep mid-wicket

15.2

Narine to McClenaghan, no run, eyes for the ugly hoick and horribly mistimes it. Gets an inside edge and the ball dies down on the 22-yard strip

15.1

Narine to McClenaghan, FOUR, moves leg-side and gets down to sweep. The carrom ball caught the inside edge and eluded the leg-stump before running away to fine leg

Sunil Narine [3.0-0-12-1] is back into the attack

A slip in place..

14.6

Dwayne Bravo to McClenaghan, 1 run, yorker length outside off, squirted to third man off the outside half of the bat

14.5

Dwayne Bravo to Sami, 1 run, dabbed to third man

14.4

Dwayne Bravo to McClenaghan, leg byes, 1 run, quick ball from a short of length that raps McClenaghan's pad and rolls towards point. Dwayne Bravo goes up for an lbw appeal, but that clearly pitched outside leg

Mitchell McClenaghan, left handed bat, comes to the crease

14.3

Dwayne Bravo to Pollard, out Caught by Searles!! Dwayne Bravo removes his counterpart and he'll like this wicket the most. Out comes the the customary dance move. It was a low full toss well outside off. Had Pollard let that go, it would have been wided. But, Pollard can't pull out of it. Chases it and decides to go downtown. Made decent contact, but didn't get the required elevation. Holed out to long-off. Pollard c Searles b Dwayne Bravo 12(27)

Dwayne Bravo to Pollard, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

14.2

Dwayne Bravo to Pollard, no run, low full toss, drilled to wide long-off. They don't take the single

14.1

Dwayne Bravo to Pollard, no run, yorker length outside off, jammed to point

Dwayne Bravo [1.0-0-6-1] is back into the attack

13.6

Gabriel to Pollard, 1 run, heaved off the inside part to deep mid-wicket

13.5

Gabriel to Pollard, no run, nasty delivery! The perfume ball from Gabriel - the bouncer. Pollard has no clue what to do. It was aimed at him and he jumped and had his eyes off it. Just kept his bat in front of face to evade that. The ball thudded the glove and dropped into the off-side

13.4

Gabriel to Sami, 1 run, opens the bat-face to angle it to the right of backward point, who makes a diving stop. Seeing Pollard out of the crease, Baz fires a throw at the bowler's end. Doesn't find the target and the batters steal a run on overthrows

13.3

Gabriel to Pollard, 1 run, banged short and Pollard pulls it hard. A single to deep mid-wicket

13.2

Gabriel to Pollard, no run, firmly pushed to mid-off, who is at the edge of the 30-yard circle

13.1

Gabriel to Pollard, no run, hammers this short ball to long-on does Pollard and doesn't take the single

End of Fawad Ahmed's spell - 4-0-16-3!

12.6

Fawad Ahmed to Sami, no run, with a slip and leg slip in place, Fawad Ahmed bowls a full leg-break. Spins past the defence of Sami

12.5

Fawad Ahmed to Pollard, 1 run, leg-stump line ball, helped on its way to fine leg

12.4

Fawad Ahmed to Pollard, no run

Mohammad Sami, right handed bat, comes to the crease

12.3

Fawad Ahmed to Qais Ahmad, out Caught by Ali Khan!! In the air and taken! Third wicket for Fawad Ahmed. Once again, the googly does the trick. Fawad shortened his length and Qais went for the premeditated slog sweep. Wasn't full enough to play that shot and ended up top-edging to dep mid-wicket. Ali Khan runs across to his left to snaffle that. Qais Ahmad c Ali Khan b Fawad Ahmed 14(15) [6s-1]

Fawad Ahmed to Qais Ahmad, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

12.2

Fawad Ahmed to Pollard, 1 run, off the front of the hand, Pollard punches it to deep mid-wicket

12.1

Fawad Ahmed to Pollard, no run, leg-break, Pollard moves leg-side to poke it to cover. A tentative shot from the skipper

12.1

Fawad Ahmed to Pollard, wide, way down leg and Pollard ignores it

11.6

Gabriel to Pollard, leg byes, 1 run, pacy short of length delivery straying onto the pads of the right-hander, Pollard hops and misses the tuck. The ball dies down on the leg-side off his thigh pad. Just 4 runs off that over from Gabriel

11.5

Gabriel to Pollard, no run, almost dragged it on! Pollard is hurried by the pace on this shor-pitched ball and Pollard can only get an under-edge on his pull. It didn't bounce as much as Pollard expected it to. Luckily, doesn't disturb the timber behind him

11.4

Gabriel to Qais Ahmad, 1 run, a push off the front foot into the cover region

11.3

Gabriel to Qais Ahmad, no run, pacy bumper and Qais Ahmad is hopping to fend it on the off-side. Pollard is halfway down the pitch and the skipper has been sent back as the backward point fielder was swift to get to the ball

11.2

Gabriel to Pollard, 1 run, a hoick across the line to a length ball around the fourth-fifth stump line. Dragged to deep square leg off the inside half

11.1

Gabriel to Qais Ahmad, 1 run, back of a length delivery, Qais Ahmad punches it to third man off the outside edge

Shannon Gabriel [1.0-0-26-0] is back into the attack

Gabriel has a chance to reduce his economy rate here.

10.6

Fawad Ahmed to Qais Ahmad, 1 run, gets to the pitch of the ball by charging down the track and then chips it to long-off

10.5

Fawad Ahmed to Qais Ahmad, SIX, a six, against the run of play. A flighted leg-break around off, on the fuller side and Qais Ahmad is down on a knee to nail the slog sweep over deep mid-wicket. A clean strike

Fawad Ahmed to Pollard, no run, half-heared appeal for lbw. The googly, Pollard with a huge stride forward decides to block. Gets beaten on the inside edge to gets hit on the front pad. The impact was outside off

10.1

Fawad Ahmed to Pollard, wide, slips one down the leg-side and Pollard misses the sweep. Called as a wide

Timeout!

9.6

Narine to Pollard, 1 run, fetches this shortish ball from outside off and muscles the pull wide of long-on, where Searles makes a diving stop

9.6

Narine to Qais Ahmad, no ball, 1 run, waltzes down the track does Qais Ahmad and flicks it to deep mid-wicket off the inside edge. Didn't get close to the pitch. Meanwhile, Narine has overstepped. Free-hit coming up

9.5

Narine to Qais Ahmad, no run, pushed back to the bowler

9.4

Narine to Pollard, 1 run, stands tall and punches it to long-off

9.3

Narine to Qais Ahmad, 1 run, slightly too full, Qais Ahmad is forward and across to knock it to long-on

Narine to Qais Ahmad, 1 run, short of length offie, punched to long-off

8.6

Fawad Ahmed to Pollard, no run, another wrong 'un, Pollard belatedly jabs his bat and keeps it out

8.5

Fawad Ahmed to Pollard, no run, spins in sharply from just outside off and cramps Pollard for room. Fortunately, the skipper brings his bat down in time and got an inside edge on it. Else, he'd have been a goner

8.4

Fawad Ahmed to Qais Ahmad, 1 run, comes down the track and dinks it to long-on

8.3

Fawad Ahmed to Qais Ahmad, no run, the premeditated sweep shot from Qais Ahmad. It was the googly from Fawad Ahmed and luckily for the batsman, it didn't turn enough. Spun a bit to beat the bat, but not enough to crash into the stumps

Fawad Ahmed to Qais Ahmad, no run, googly on a fuller length, pushed back to the bowler off the inside half

7.6

Narine to Qais Ahmad, 1 run, presses forward and clips it past short leg for a single

Qais Ahmad, right handed bat, comes to the crease

7.5

Narine to Sammy, out Lbw!! Trinbago go up in unison for lbw and the dreaded finger goes up. That looked plumb and Narine is delighted. He hardly shows any emotions on the cricket field. Doesn't hold it back, this time. Jumps in joy. It was probably a seam-up delivery which skid off the deck. A nothing shot from Sammy, who wanted to heave it through the leg-side. Misses and gets struck on the back leg adjacent to the middle stump. Good call from the umpire. 53/6!Sammy lbw b Narine 1(5)

Narine to Sammy, THAT'S OUT!! Lbw!!

7.4

Narine to Sammy, no run, off-break, watchfully defended

7.3

Narine to Pollard, 1 run, almost an action replay of the previous ball. Pollard has ample time to trek back and punch it to deep cover

7.2

Narine to Sammy, 1 run, the carrom ball from a shortish length, allows Sammy to go on the back foot and punch it to sweeper cover

7.1

Narine to Pollard, 1 run, turn and bounce on this in-turner, dinked to long-on

Sunil Narine [1.0-0-1-0] is back into the attack

A slip and forward short leg in place

6.6

Fawad Ahmed to Sammy, no run, now then, what was Sammy trying to do? With his team struggling on 50/5, Sammy goes back to punch a googly against the turn. There wasn't sufficient space there too to attempt that shot. Missed it and the ball wasn't far away from knocking the off-pole

6.5

Fawad Ahmed to Sammy, no run, quick and flat, turning into off and middle, Sammy brings his bat down hurriedly to block it back towards the bowler

Darren Sammy, right handed bat, comes to the crease

6.4

Fawad Ahmed to Chapman, out Caught by Narine!! Two wickets within a span of four balls for Fawad Ahmed. The Stars are in deep trouble here. Loads of flight on this full ball. Was perhaps a half-volley outside off, Chapman reaches out and goes hard on the drive. Doesn't bother to keep it down and hence pays the price. Spoons a pretty straightforward catch to Narine at cover. Chapman c Narine b Fawad Ahmed 6(6) [4s-1]

Fawad Ahmed to Chapman, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

6.3

Fawad Ahmed to Chapman, 2 runs, the length is on the shorter side does this googly and that's been slapped through extra cover. The man from sweeper cover sprints across and dives to his left before flicking the ball back into play. Saved a couple there

6.2

Fawad Ahmed to Pollard, 1 run, very full ball on off, Pollard walks across towards off to clip it to deep square leg

Kieron Pollard, right handed bat, comes to the crease

A slip in place..

6.1

Fawad Ahmed to Simmons, out Bowled!! Through the gate! Simmons has been cleaned up by a googly here. A tossed up wrong 'un from Fawad Ahmed, which pitched on off and turned in. Simmons was half-forward to block, playing for the away-spin. The ball sneaks through the gap between bat and pad to crash into the leg stump. What a start for the leggie! Simmons b Fawad Ahmed 3(10)

Fawad Ahmed to Simmons, THAT'S OUT!! Bowled!!

Fawad Ahmed, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack

5.6

Dwayne Bravo to Chapman, FOUR, a one-bounce four over mid-off. Another slower ball from Bravo, a shuffling Chapman adjusts for the lack of pace and lifts it well over the fielder inside the 30-yard circle

5.5

Dwayne Bravo to Chapman, no run, slows the pace on this good length ball. Blunted into the leg-side just adjacent to the pitch

5.4

Dwayne Bravo to Chapman, no run, a slight mix-up and Chapman has been sent back. A run-out is the last thing the Stars would want here. Chapman mistimes the flick towards square leg and wants to get to the other end. He was rightly sent back by Simmons. A direct hit would have made thing interesting

5.3

Dwayne Bravo to Chapman, no run, loopy, low full toss, Chapman blocks

Mark Chapman, left handed bat, comes to the crease

5.2

Dwayne Bravo to Cornwall, out Caught by Brendon McCullum!! Dwayne Bravo strikes in his first over and out comes his jig. The short ball does the trick. Bravo pulled his length back and bowled it at a quicker pace. Cornwall is hurried into the pull and could only miscue it off the top portion of the bat. A lollipop of a catch for McCullum at mid-wicket. Cornwall c Brendon McCullum b Dwayne Bravo 3(3)

Dwayne Bravo to Cornwall, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

5.1

Dwayne Bravo to Cornwall, 2 runs, Cornwall stays in his crease and waits for this length ball to come towards him before whipping it over mid-wicket

Dwayne Bravo, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

4.6

Searles to Simmons, no run, slower delivery, ends up bowling a low full toss. Simmons spots it late and nudges it into the leg-side. The bowler runs across to his right and hunts it down

4.5

Searles to Simmons, no run, pitched up delivery, driven back to the bowler

4.4

Searles to Cornwall, 1 run, bit of extra bounce on this short of length delivery that straightens after kissing the pitch. Cornwall goes foe the punch without feet movement and the ball catches the outside edge before falling wide of first slip

4.4

Searles to Cornwall, wide, a horror ball. Full and down the leg-side

Rahkeem Cornwall, right handed bat, comes to the crease

A slip in place

4.3

Searles to Warner, out Bowled!! Knocked him over. The crowd are up on their feet. This is a big wicket and the hosts know it. Warner misjudges the length here. Was a length ball and the lefty was looking to pull it away. It wasn't short enough to play that shot and the ball scoots under his bat to knock the top of off. Searles, like Ali Khan, kisses the badge on his shirt. Warner b Searles 9(9) [4s-1]

Searles to Warner, THAT'S OUT!! Bowled!!

4.3

Searles to Warner, wide, short ball down the leg-side

4.2

Searles to Warner, no run, dabbed to point

4.1

Searles to Simmons, 1 run, angles in a full ball from over the wicket and that's been dinked down to long-on

Javon Searles, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

3.6

Narine to Warner, no run, past the edge. Wasn't too far away from it. The no-turner that goes on with the arm across the stumps, Warner misses the cut

3.5

Narine to Simmons, 1 run, Simmons allows the ball to come to him and knocks it through vacant mid-on

3.4

Narine to Simmons, no run, not enough room to cut and under-edges it. Four dots

3.3

Narine to Simmons, no run, punched to cover-point

3.2

Narine to Simmons, no run, sliding on the pads, Simmons is beaten on the glance

3.1

Narine to Simmons, no run, starts with a flat ball on off, pushed to cover

Ali Khan to Andre Fletcher, out Bowled!! Ali Khan gets his man and kisses the badge on his shirt. He deserved this wicket. A well disguised slower delivery from the Pakistan-bron pacer. Completely deceived the right-hander with the knuckle ball. Fletcher was way too early into the stroke - the wild swing across the line - and the ball turned past the outside edge to disturb the timber. Trinbago have got the breakthrough. Andre Fletcher b Ali Khan 19(11) [4s-1 6s-2]

Ali Khan to Andre Fletcher, THAT'S OUT!! Bowled!!

2.4

Ali Khan to Warner, 1 run, tucked through square leg

2.3

Ali Khan to Andre Fletcher, 1 run, a loud appeal for lbw! Turned down by the umpire. Was there bat involved? If not, Fletcher is dead plumb. A rip-roaring yorker and Fletcher was late to bring his bat down. The ball beat the inside edge to ping his boot. Given as runs. Second life for Fletcher

2.2

Ali Khan to Andre Fletcher, no run, Ali Khan shortens his length and Fletcher clears the front leg to heave it away. Was struck hard and Munro at mid-wicket dives to his right to make a superb stop

2.1

Ali Khan to Warner, 1 run, mistimes the drive against a full ball towards point for a single

1.6

Gabriel to Andre Fletcher, SIX, 26 runs off the over! And, St Lucia are off to a flier. Gabriel banged it further short and gave a bit of width, Fletcher stands tall to cut it over backward point. The edge flies over the slip cordon to settle into the third man fence

1.5

Gabriel to Andre Fletcher, SIX, the edge goes all the way for a six. Shortish ball, Fletcher saw the width outside off and threw his bat at it. The ball flew off the outside edge over and behind backward point. Has enough wings to clear the ropes

1.4

Gabriel to Andre Fletcher, FOUR, Fletcher goes aerial and makes decent contact to collect a boundary. Full and wide outside off, swinging away from the right-hander. Fletcher stays leg-side of the ball and thumps it over mid-off

1.3

Gabriel to Andre Fletcher, no run, drilled to mid-off

1.2

Gabriel to Warner, 1 run, much better. Short of a good length delivery that seams in and Warner gets into a tangle. Hops to defend and the inside-edges it onto his pad. The ball then roll into the off-side

1.1

Gabriel to Warner, FOUR, another leg-stump line ball. On the hips and Warner hops to tickle it fine. Dribbles away into the fine leg fence. Gabriel has to correct his lines

1.1

Gabriel to Warner, 5 wides, ah! Gabriel starts with a gross delivery. Pacy length ball way down the leg-side and there's no way Ramdin can get there. Five bonus runs

Shannon Gabriel, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

0.6

Ali Khan to Andre Fletcher, no run, Ali Khan is celebrating! He realises very late that Ramdin has put it down. Oh, my! The fielding in the first innings was poor and that continues. The out-seamer from Ali found the outside edge of Fletcher, who stuck his bat out. Went at a catchable height and Ramdin put down an absolute sitter. That was angled in from over the wicket and the ball decked away after pitching, thereby squaring up Fletcher. How costly will that be?

Ali Khan to Andre Fletcher, wide, pitches outside off and shapes further away, Fletcher chases it with a horizontal bat and misses. Called as a wide

0.5

Ali Khan to Warner, 1 run, pacy length ball on leg, Warner stays leg-side of the ball to tap it wide of cover. Another sharp single

0.4

Ali Khan to Andre Fletcher, 1 run, drops this short of length delivery with soft hands in front of point and hares to the other end

0.3

Ali Khan to Warner, 1 run, Warner gets off the mark straightaway. Opens his bat-face and steers this away-angler through square on the off-side

0.2

Ali Khan to Andre Fletcher, 1 run, Ali Khan shortens his length and Fletcher has a tentative poke at it. Inside-edges it onto his pad and the ball dies down in front of cover-point

0.1

Ali Khan to Andre Fletcher, no run, a good ball first up from Ali Khan. A seam-up delivery that curls away from the right-hander. Fletcher, with cemented feet, goes for the drive and gets beaten on the outside edge

Andre Fletcher and Warner are at the crease. Andre Fletcher is on strike. Ali Khan will open the attack

Back live for the chase. A wide slip in place. Here we go

21:49 local: Nearly 50-60 runs came off the edges, and the fielding hasn't been at its best either. Not a great start to the season, but the Knight Riders will be the happier side having racked up the highest CPL total at this venue; thanks to fifties from Munro and Ramdin. While Munro steadied the innings after a couple of early blows, Ramdin added the much-needed impetus towards the end of the innings. In between, there were contributions - albeit little - from B-Mac and DJ Bravo. McClenaghan, Williams and skipper Pollard claimed 2 wickets apiece and considering the amount of dew on offer, must say they've done a decent job on what seemed to be a flat, dry wicket. With more dew setting in, we should be in for an exciting chase. Be right back...

19.6

Kesrick Williams to Ramdin, 1 run, clubs a full ball to wide long-on to notch up his 7th CPL fifty

19.5

Kesrick Williams to Ramdin, SIX, **Denesh Ramdin is on fire** Jumps up off his feet and flays the ball flat over point. And with that, he brings up the highest score at this ground in the history of CPL

19.4

Kesrick Williams to Searles, 1 run, muscles a fullish delivery to the left of long-on, Warner tidies up and collects it on the bounce

19.3

Kesrick Williams to Searles, FOUR, another full toss, Searles doesn't move one inch. Just sits inside the crease and chips the loft back over the bowler's head, couple of bounces and into the fence

19.2

Kesrick Williams to Searles, FOUR, full toss on the pads, Searles dispatches it through mid-wicket with ease

McClenaghan to Dwayne Bravo, out Caught by Kesrick Williams!! Williams clings on to a steepler. Bravo stayed deep inside the crease and went for a pull, the ball didn't had the pace to fly off his handle and the fielder from mid-wicket takes a well-judged catch running around the edge of the circle to his right. Dwayne Bravo c Kesrick Williams b McClenaghan 17(11) [4s-1 6s-1]

McClenaghan to Dwayne Bravo, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

18.4

McClenaghan to Ramdin, 1 run, gets across and flick-pulls the slower short ball behind square

18.3

McClenaghan to Ramdin, SIX, gets underneath the full pitch-up and pummels it high and handsome over sweeper cover

18.2

McClenaghan to Dwayne Bravo, 1 run, drilled to long-on

18.1

McClenaghan to Dwayne Bravo, 2 runs, dropped by Warner. A booming heave-ho from Bravo, got more height than distance and DW seemed to have lost it in the lights; also there was a fielder running in his direction which might have put him off

Mitchell McClenaghan [3.0-0-19-1] is back into the attack

17.6

Sami to Dwayne Bravo, 1 run, stays leg-side of this fullish delivery and clubs the drive to the left of long-off

17.5

Sami to Dwayne Bravo, FOUR, tries to slog this over mid-wicket, but lack of pace from Sami means it shaves the thick outside edge and flies over short third for a streaky boundary

17.4

Sami to Dwayne Bravo, no run, slower ball bowled well outside Bravo's off-stump, a swing and a miss for DJ

17.3

Sami to Dwayne Bravo, SIX, the DJ swing. Reaches out to a wide delivery and opens up his shoulders to carve the ball over deep point

17.2

Sami to Ramdin, 1 run, chases a wide ball and crashes it to deep point off the cue end

17.1

Sami to Ramdin, SIX, that's the cleanest hit of the day.150 up for the Knight Riders. Ramdin clears his front leg and dispatches this half-volley into the stands over mid-wicket

Mohammad Sami [3.0-0-33-0] is back into the attack

16.6

Kesrick Williams to Ramdin, leg byes, 1 run, moves across his off-stump and misses the swipe over short fine, gets clonked on the pad but he was way outside off. Williams appeals in desperation, no dice

16.5

Kesrick Williams to Ramdin, FOUR, thrashed away over extra cover. Ramdin second guessed Williams there; waited for the slower ball and slapped the slower, wider delivery over the infield with an air of nonchalance

16.4

Kesrick Williams to Dwayne Bravo, 1 run, full toss on the top of middle and off, Bravo directs it to deep square with a gentle flick of the wrists

16.3

Kesrick Williams to Ramdin, 1 run, goes wide of the crease and fires it on the pads, Ramdin inside-edges the flick into the leg-side

16.2

Kesrick Williams to Dwayne Bravo, 1 run, makes room and then had to make some last-minute adjustments to push the ball meekly past the non-striker

16.1

Kesrick Williams to Dwayne Bravo, no run, hops inside the crease and jabs at this length ball, straight towards mid-wicket

Kesrick Williams [2.0-0-4-2] is back into the attack

15.6

Pollard to Dwayne Bravo, 1 run, short ball outside off, DJ crunches the pull to the right of deeep mid-wicket

Dwayne Bravo, right handed bat, comes to the crease

15.5

Pollard to Munro, out Bowled!! Off peg rocked back. Munro shuffled too far outside his off-stump and his attempt to scoop-flick this over short fine didn't come off as the ball didn't have the pace he anticiapted. It lands somewhere aroud off and comes back slightly to smash the top of off. Munro b Pollard 68(48) [4s-9 6s-1]

Pollard to Munro, THAT'S OUT!! Bowled!!

15.5

Pollard to Munro, wide, Munro tried the reverse slap and KP lost his radar horribly, dishes it full and way outside off stump

15.4

Pollard to Ramdin, 1 run, direct hit would have been curtains for Ramdin. He mistimes the flat-bat drive to extra cover and takes on the fielder, gets lucky and brings up the 50-run stand

15.3

Pollard to Munro, 1 run, slow and full outside off, biffed to long-off

Sami to Munro, wide, shuffles across and misses the scoop. Harsh call by the umpire IMO, that was close to leg peg and the fact that Munro shuffled that far made it look more obvious

14.5

Sami to Ramdin, 1 run, stabbed off the back foot to sweeper cover

14.4

Sami to Ramdin, 2 runs, wields his willow at a outside off delivery and gets the edge racing fine of third man

Some issue with the ball. Is it because of the dew? Perhaps yes. They seem to have called for the change of cherry as KP engages his team in a mini conflab

14.3

Sami to Ramdin, 2 runs, walks across and tucks the length delivery behind square on the leg-side

14.2

Sami to Ramdin, no run, wafts hard at a full one outside off, gets a big inside edge that's collected on the bounce by the keeper

14.1

Sami to Ramdin, SIX, that's disappeared into untraceable depths of night sky. Went across his off-stump did Denesh Ramdin and tonked it many-a-mile over mid-wicket. Clean as a whistle

Mohammad Sami [2.0-0-21-0] is back into the attack

13.6

McClenaghan to Munro, no run, unleashes a bumper just outside off, Munro tries to ramp it over the keeper but he seemed a bit late on that one

13.5

McClenaghan to Munro, 2 runs, chips the length delivery into the acres of space at mid-wicket and comes hustling back for the second

13.4

McClenaghan to Munro, 2 runs, smashed to the left of deep mid-wicket, brilliant fielding effort from Chapman in the deep

13.3

McClenaghan to Munro, no run, just inside the tramline this yorker length delivery, Munro left it along assuming a wide call from the ump. Not to be

13.2

McClenaghan to Ramdin, 1 run, slower delivery just outside off, Ramdin pokes to the right of cover where Sammy leaves it to KP behind to allow a single (not deliberate of course)

13.1

McClenaghan to Munro, 1 run, low full toss on off, driven to long-on

Mitchell McClenaghan [2.0-0-13-1] is back into the attack

12.6

Simmons to Munro, 1 run, the freehit slog only goes as far as deep square

12.6

Simmons to Munro, no ball, FOUR, that's the fourth full toss of the over and the umpire feels this one's too high to be a legal delivery. Signals a no-ball rightaway... Munro though had no discomfot in putting it away, throws the kitchen sink and buys a one-bounce four over extra cover

Simmons to Ramdin, FOUR, too full and slips down leg, Ramdin gets across and nails the flick past short fine

12.1

Simmons to Munro, 1 run, full toss on the pads, whipped away to deep mid-wicket

Lendl Simmons, right-arm medium, comes into the attack

11.6

Pollard to Munro, 1 run, toe-ends the drive to long-on. And indeed it's another slower ball from KP. I will make a mention of it if and when he bowls a normal delivery

11.5

Pollard to Ramdin, 1 run, gets on top of the bounce and steers the ball square on the off-side

11.4

Pollard to Munro, 1 run, worked away into the mid-wicket pocket

11.3

Pollard to Munro, FOUR, 6th CPL fifty for Colin Munro! How did he get there? A few edges, a few misfields and of course a few clean blows. This was slashed outside off and Sammy at backward point lets it through past his right hand, shabby work

11.2

Pollard to Ramdin, 1 run, short ball sans any venom at the body, Ramdin swivels and pulls to deep square

11.1

Pollard to Munro, 1 run, jumps inside the crease and taps the ball on its head in front of cover

10.6

Kesrick Williams to Ramdin, no run, checks his defence into the leg-side

Kesrick Williams to Ramdin, no run, bouncer on middle and leg, Ramdin was caught shuffling and hobbling, well over his head

Denesh Ramdin, right handed bat, comes to the crease

10.3

Kesrick Williams to Darren Bravo, out Caught by Pollard!! Chipped straight to cover. As easy as that. Kesrick Williams is having a ball with his newly-found dance moves. Bowls a back of a length away-angler and draws a punchy drive from Junior Bravo, off the bottom half and straight to the skipper. Darren Bravo c Pollard b Kesrick Williams 0(3)

Kesrick Williams to Darren Bravo, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

10.2

Kesrick Williams to Darren Bravo, no run, kisses the pitch and skids across the batsman, Bravo goes for a leaden-feeted drive and gets beaten on the edge

Pollard to Darren Bravo, no run, length ball at the hips, tucked to mid-wicket

Darren Bravo, left handed bat, comes to the crease

Timeout!!

9.5

Pollard to Brendon McCullum, out Bowled!! That's the advantage of bowling straight. You miss I hit. KP is absolutely elated and how!! Rolled his fingers over this one and got the ball to grip off the pitch, B-Mac went for the cross-bat slog, the only difference? He flashed at it on Monday, but the ball arrived on Thursday. Adios. Brendon McCullum b Pollard 13(11) [6s-1]

Pollard to Brendon McCullum, THAT'S OUT!! Bowled!!

9.4

Pollard to Munro, 1 run, he continues to unveil the whole heap of slower balls, punched down to long-on this time

9.3

Pollard to Munro, FOUR, that's begging to be smashed. Sits up outside off with literally no pace in it, Munro transfers his weight onto the back foot and bottom-hand powers it through extra cover

9.2

Pollard to Brendon McCullum, 1 run, stays side-on and opens the bat face to tap the ball behind point

9.1

Pollard to Brendon McCullum, no run, slower ball version 0.1, B-Mac bunts it into the off-side

Kieron Pollard, right-arm medium, comes into the attack

8.6

Qais Ahmad to Munro, SIX, make that 20 off the over. Munro didn't had to do much there. The ball was coming in his arc and all he needed to do was sit on one knee and send it in the direction it deserved. A nothing delivery once again from the young man and he sees the ball soaring over cow corner with a cloud of disappointment on his face

8.5

Qais Ahmad to Munro, FOUR, becoming too predictable the 17-year old. Continues to dish legbreaks and lack of pace on the pitch means Munro's able to read and clobber it in the gap through extra cover

8.4

Qais Ahmad to Munro, FOUR, another legbreak and this one's much closer to the stumps, the result? An edge to third man. Munro doesn't bother cutting despite being cramped for space and he gets lucky as the edge races past the keeper

8.3

Qais Ahmad to Munro, FOUR, legbreak pitched miles outside Munro's off-stump, he shifts the weight back quickly and hammers the ball through extra cover. No chance for the fielder in the deep

8.2

Qais Ahmad to Brendon McCullum, 1 run, presses forward and pokes the ball off the outer half towards backward point

8.1

Qais Ahmad to Munro, 1 run, slider outside off, driven to deep cover

7.6

Cornwall to Brendon McCullum, 2 runs, sits deep inside the crease and clatters the ball to the right of sweeper cover

7.5

Cornwall to Brendon McCullum, SIX, sits on one knee and gives it a full monty. The ball was fired wider than B-Mac anticipated, but those strong muscles ensure it clears the mid-wicket ropes with supreme ease

7.4

Cornwall to Brendon McCullum, no run, B-Mac tries a cheeky reverse sweep and hits it straight to backward point

Cornwall to Brendon McCullum, 1 run, tucked round the corner for a single

7.1

Cornwall to Brendon McCullum, no run, nice loop on this delivery, bowls it straight too and therefore, forces a defence from B-Mac

Rahkeem Cornwall [1.0-0-7-0] is back into the attack

6.6

Qais Ahmad to Brendon McCullum, 1 run, tough chance for the keeper. Quicker delivery outside off, B-Mac makes room and slashes hard, the bottom-edge ricochets off the keeper's mitts down to third man. Fletcher had very little or perhaps no time to react there

Kesrick Williams to Narine, out Bowled!! Middle stump goes for a walk and out come the innovative dance moves from Kesrick Williams. He keeps it simple: Bowls it on a length and keeps it as straight as he possibly can, Narine whacks across the line - as he most often does - and misses by miles. Shatters the woodwork. Narine b Kesrick Williams 17(13) [4s-2 6s-1]

Kesrick Williams to Narine, THAT'S OUT!! Bowled!!

5.5

Kesrick Williams to Narine, no run, deceives Narine with a slower ball across his off-stump, a swing and a miss

5.4

Kesrick Williams to Munro, 1 run, drags his length back outside off, Munro hits it to the left of mid-off and takes off for a quick single

5.3

Kesrick Williams to Munro, 2 runs, in the air and safe. Slower ball, pitched up around middle and leg, Munro's early into his loft and it drops over the shoulder of the backtracking mid-on fielder

5.2

Kesrick Williams to Munro, no run, full outside off, driven to mid-off

5.1

Kesrick Williams to Munro, no run, good length on middle and leg, tucked straight to short fine

Kesrick Williams, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

4.6

Cornwall to Narine, no run, Narine tries to drive it over cover, but ekes an inside edge onto pad

4.5

Cornwall to Narine, no run, fires it full on the stumps, Narine jams it back towards the bowler

4.4

Cornwall to Narine, SIX, that's the danger of bowling spin to Narine. If it's in his arc, it will surely go the distance. Narine gets under the flight and lofts handsomely over extra cover for a clean maximum

4.3

Cornwall to Narine, no run, blocked back to the bowler

4.2

Cornwall to Munro, 1 run, eases the drive straight to long-off

4.1

Cornwall to Munro, no run, is that a missed stumping? Looks like it. Nicely aired up outside off and lured Munro forward to play the drive, Fletcher collects it cleanly but fails to dislodge the bails on the first attempt. Munro would have been gone there

Rahkeem Cornwall, right-arm off break, comes into the attack

3.6

Sami to Narine, no run, that steep, uncanny bounce creating problems for Narine. He, once again, tries to flash this over point, but gets defeated by the extra bounce on offer

3.5

Sami to Narine, FOUR, another edge, another four. Offers width outside off, Narine throws his hands and sends the edge rocketing for a one-bounce four towards the third man fence

3.4

Sami to Munro, 1 run, one-legged pull to deep backward square

3.3

Sami to Munro, FOUR, gives himself enough room, stays stable at the crease and mauls Sami straight of long-off. This one's come off the middle

3.2

Sami to Munro, FOUR, the majority of the runs thus far have come in edges. A perfect outside edge tester in a Test match this one. Munro goes hard and sends the edge flying past lone slip

3.1

Sami to Munro, no run, clears his front leg and heaves across the line, Sami does him with pace. No dice

2.6

McClenaghan to Narine, no run, jaffa from McClenaghan. Keeps it on a good length and gets the ball to rise awkwardly in the channel, Narine's on the back foot and he had no clue about that. Just hops inside his crease and plays inside the line of it

2.5

McClenaghan to Munro, 1 run, mild appeal for lbw, but Munro got a thick inside edge on that one. He tried to go over mid-wicket and the inward angle from McClenaghan shaved the edge onto pad before rolling into the leg-side

2.4

McClenaghan to Munro, FOUR, pace off and line off. Bowls it in the zone for Munro to smash it straight past the non-striker. Sheer power

2.3

McClenaghan to Munro, no run, full and straight, pushed back to the bowler

2.2

McClenaghan to Munro, no run, typical Munro bat swing outside off, only connects with thin air

2.1

McClenaghan to Munro, leg byes, FOUR, errs in line and Munro's pads does the rest. Wasn't intentional, but Munro won't complain. He missed the flick and the pace on the ball did the rest

1.6

Sami to Narine, FOUR, edged and over the leaping right hand of Sammy at slip. Short and wide, Narine flashes and flashes hard to send the outside edge flying past the cordon

1.5

Sami to Narine, no run, clears his front leg and gives it a big heave-ho, Sami targets Narine's pads and smashes him on the knee roll. Well outside leg peg

1.4

Sami to Narine, 2 runs, whipped away of the pads and Kesrick Williams, once again, makes a meal at short fine. Not a drop chance, but there was never a run in there. His shabby fielding effort enables a couple of runs

1.3

Sami to Munro, 1 run, opens his bat face slightly and glides the ball fine of third man

1.2

Sami to Munro, no run, shuffles across to whack this across the line, gets defeated for pace

1.1

Sami to Narine, 1 run, dropped once more. Kesrick Williams the culprit this time. A rising short ball at the armpit, Narine was cramped for room and therefore, miscued the pull towards mid-wicket where the fielder dives forward and fails to cling onto a rather easy chance

Mohammad Sami, right-arm fast, comes into the attack

0.6

McClenaghan to Munro, no run, fullish once more, Munro gets forward and drives into the off-side

Colin Munro, left handed bat, comes to the crease

0.5

McClenaghan to Chris Lynn, out Caught by Qais Ahmad!! Gone! That drop doesn't prove too costly. McClenaghan fires it full and asks Lynn to fetch it far from his off pole, Lynn bends low and plays a half-hearted check drive and soon realizes he's chipped a dolly of a catch to cover. Easy as you like. Chris Lynn c Qais Ahmad b McClenaghan 8(5) [6s-1]

McClenaghan to Chris Lynn, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

0.4

McClenaghan to Chris Lynn, 2 runs, biffs a full ball wide of long-on, easy two

0.3

McClenaghan to Chris Lynn, SIX, how often do we see this in cricket? Dropped and next ball goes for a four/six. Short ball at the body and Lynn pulls it away with disdain over square leg

0.2

McClenaghan to Chris Lynn, no run, nicked and dropped! No, this isn't a Test match, but dropping catches is a contagious disease you know. Lynn gets a fizzing back of a length delivery outside off, he feels for it and splices the edge straight to Sammy at first slip; straight in and straight out. Whoops

0.1

McClenaghan to Chris Lynn, no run, bowls one full and away from the right-hander, the angle making it that much more difficult for Lynn to connect with the wild swing

Chris Lynn and Narine are at the crease. Chris Lynn is on strike. McClenaghan will open the attack

Whoooohoooo!! The stage is set and the players are out under the dazzling floodlights here at the POS in Trinidad. Chris Lynn to partner Sunil Narine. Mitch McClenaghan to kickstart proceedings for the Stars. Off we go #CPL2018

Perfect conditions. The pitch looks quite dry and there are some cracks which might bring the slower bowlers into play. There may be some dew later on and fielding second could be bit of a challenge," reckons Tom Moody, the pitch doctor.

DJ Bravo: We would have bowled first. It's a good batting wicket and we look to out some runs on board. We have retained 90 percent of the squad and really excited to see Lynn, Ali Khan and Fawad Ahmed playing for us. The tournament is finally about to start and we are really excited. Ali Khan, Lynn and McCullum are the guys I'm looking forward to watch. Never a dull moment in this tournament. (*chuckles*)

KP: We are gonna bat second and see if we can limit themselves to a low total. I think it makes no sense to think what happened last year. It's a new year, new team and it's all about getting together and performing as a team.

St Lucia Stars have won the toss and have opted to field

There are plenty of mini-battles to look forward in this encounter. Hope, the CPL greets us with a thrilling contest. Stay tuned for toss and team updates...

We kick things off with the encounter between Trinbago Knight Riders vs St Lucia Stars two contrasting teams from the previous edition. The defending champions - Trinbago Knight Riders - are all set to host the inaugural match. The Dwayne Bravo-led side, with their 'Champion Dance' were the most consistent side in 2017 and they went all the way to win the trophy. Having retained most of their core player, TKR are a force to reckon with. St Lucia Stars, on the other hand, who changed their name from Zoulks, went winless last season. However, they have made some drastic changes in their line-up with their notable inclusions being two T20 stalwarts - David Warner and new skipper Kieron Pollard.

19.00 Local Time, 04.30 IST: Hello folks! It's carnival time. The joyous T20 tournament from the Caribbean Islands begins today. Are you ready with your jigs? If you aren't, don't worry. This competition will have plenty from where you can pick it up. A warm welcome to our live coverage of the sixth edition of the Caribbean Premier League.